Well, I talked to my grandpa's friend today. His computer is really starting to annoy him, and he's totally fed up. He is sure it's because of Microsoft, and he really hates Bill Gates (I'm not sure why, but eh?), and he said he wants to try something else. He mentioned that an old friend of his swears by Linux, and he was curious about it.
He uses his computer for:
- Email
- Internet
- Word Processing
And that's it. Always has been.
He was telling me that he misses the days of DOS, when everything was simple. And those days only ended a few years for him, when he upgraded to Windows XP. Since then, he's had many problems with things like viruses (I had a particularely horrible adventure trying to get rid of either Blaster or Slammer from his computer, I think I posted the story on vL's forum, or maybe here -- search my posts for Blaster or Slammer for more info).
So on Monday, I'm going to go down there, back up his files, and install Linux for him, as an experimental thing. I also want to keep the Apple option open, because I think he might like using a Mac.
I think it'll be an interesting experiment, to say the least. I have a feeling he'll have some trouble at first, then warm up to it. After all, he's just going to be a user, not an administrator, and I can remotely connect to install programs, if I have to.
